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Coolpad has been busy at work developing FamilyLabs, a way for parents to track the location of their kids, limit what apps and sites they’re using, and keep their screen time under control. We’ve been playing with early builds for the last few weeks, and so far it’s shaping up …

If you’re looking to do some serious gaming on an Android device, you’re going to need a gamepad. Here are the best controllers for Android games on smartphones and tablets, with rechargeable and wireless options.

The summer is still slow for news on the GamesBeat Decides podcast. But on this week’s episode, we’ve got plenty of coverage of the monthly NPD report. We also talk about a law firm’s potential class-action lawsuit against Nintendo and more. First, however, we dive into a lot of games. …

Limitations around infrastructure, as well as low connection speeds and high cost of services, are hampering connectivity in rural areas in Brazil, according to a new study. The report released this week by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) looked at the state of connectivity in the country’s schools in …

Peloton Technology is moving autonomous vehicles along faster than most robo-taxis. At the Automated Vehicles Symposium in Orlando this week, Peloton unveiled its highly autonomous driving system for trucks — that plural “trucks” is key. This isn’t one truck going it alone with just sensors, cameras, and software guiding it …

Bungie recently spent a lot of time explaining its future plans in a Livestream and vidoc. It was full of positive, empowered voices, voices that are clearly more excited than they have been in a long time. Not only did Bungie talk about the newest expansion coming to Destiny 2 …

Today’s collage apps combine images and videos into a crafted presentation complete with fonts, stickers, memes, and other elements that tells a story, instead of relying on a single iconic representation of a place or event.

On Tuesday, Oakland became the third U.S. city after San Francisco and the Boston suburb of Somerville to ban facial recognition use by local government departments, including its police force. The ordinance adopted by the city council, which was written by Oakland’s Privacy Advisory Commission and sponsored by Councilmember Rebecca …

Enlarge / A Verizon booth at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles in September 2018. Verizon’s 5G mobile service is available in just a handful of cities, but the carrier is charging premium prices to the few people who live in range of the network. Verizon yesterday announced its …

Hackers have breached the systems of 62 colleges and universities by exploiting a vulnerability in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) web app, the US Department of Education said in a security alert sent out this week. The vulnerability is in Ellucian Banner Web Tailor, a module of the Ellucian Banner …